The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1887-12-06

Sii'iisS -uSillg sweep or Scrape only.
On stiff clay soils the plan you pro-
pose is good one, but on light soils it is bet
Ter 10 defer blowing till spring. Bed out just
before planting and plant in rather shallow
water furrow, levelirg off during the cultiva-
ton OF the crop.
). M. D., Anadarko, Indian territory: I am in
formed that melons, minus the seeds only and plus
every good quality of favor, SIZE color etc. can be
aouhoaiitiy and eheaplygrown Do you know how
10 do this? Shall tell you what the Indians saw So
10 now TO grow seedless watermelons?
Should be glad to know how seedless melons
are grown, if the statement made can be veri-
ned. we are very skeptical about it, bur open
10 conviction. Let us have facts, not fanciful
stories.
d. b., Warrenton, Ga: l. Please let me know
where can get hog nosa rings to nrevent Then,
from roofing up the ground?
Please state cause of grubs in cows, bscts s1so
preventive and cure ~
1. Any hardware house in Atlanta
or Augusta can order them for you Do not
thlnk they are kept in stock at the south. You
can make them for yourself, however. Get
wire about the sixteenth of an inch in dame
Ter, cut 1t In pieces three inches long, and bend
IN form OF hoop, leaving ends far enough apart
10 get 1t in the opening you make in the nose,
A1'o0A anu tHeH DrlnS ends together.
q A fly similar to the bot fly of the horse
lays its eggs in the skin on the cows back.
these hatch and the grub burrows under the
SKIN and feeds upon the pus caused by its
irritation of the flesh. If the backs of COWS
are smeared occasionally with a mixture of
coal tar and sulphur the flies will not lay their
eggs In them You can tell when the flies are
about by the cows hosting their tails or run
nlng around rather frantcally After the
gruos are in, they may be squeezed out, or
may pc Killed by rubbing grease into the OPEN
ing directly over them, through which they
breathe.
M. H., osanippa, Chambers Co., Ala Is there any
machine that will thresh peas without breaking
them2
gentleman in Mississippi writes there is
such machine, but he has not seen proper to
advertise it.
d. F. S., Union Springs, Ala. have rs or
oO acres of very rich stiff bottom land, not
clear of stumps yet, that overfows and lose
crop OF corn or cotton if very wet year pre-
walls. want to sow it in oats in early spring,
and plant grass seed at same time. Can YOU
tell me what kind of seed to sow, and proper
time, and way to sow. Grab grass does not
grow after oats on the land; water or swamp
grass and weeds grow very fast; L made two
cutting of water grass after oats this wear. 1
want grass that will not need replanting
every year, and that will stand overflow in
spring.
Of the cultivated grasses redtop or herds grass
will be best adapted to your land. 1t grows
best on damp soils. Will stand short, but not
long, overfiows. The only grass we know that
will stand an overflow of five or six DAYS is
bermuda; and if you wish to devote the land
permanently to grass, would advise setting it
in bermuda in preference to any other. 1t is
the grass for the south. But if you wish to Gull
tivate the land again at some future time,
bermuda would be very troublesome on bot
tom land. Either redtop or bermuda will last
for long time after it is established If Won
SOW oats in February, harrow the land as the
finishing oil work, and about the first of
March SOW two bushels of redtop seed per acre.
and if rains have compacted the surface
since the narrowing, harrow the grass seed in
very lightly. If the land has not been COM
pacted, SOW seed and roll the land the seed
will be covered sufficiently by the MASKING
down of the little clods. Grass seed should
always be covered very lightly. If you choose
bermuda, get a supply of the so-called roots,
chop them up fine, sow them broadcast when
the oats are sown, and pillow in with the oats.
Ii the weeds come up too rankly and there is
danger of the grass being smothered, NOV
them down once or twice during the summer
A subscriber in Darlington county. South
Carolina, wishes to get large cotton seed
crusher one that will crush the seed from two
gins as fast as they fall from the gin. Manu-
facturers of such will please take notice. We
do not know of one with that capacity. He
also desires good plan for running crusher in
connection with gin. Can any of our readers
tell him how best to DO it?
B. s. F., Dry Branch Ga: Please inform me
where can buy the genuine Herlong cotton seed
and at what price?
Please don't ask such questions. We have
no special facilities for obtaining such knowl-
edge, and if we had, do not think it would be
fair to give parties having articles for sale free
advertising. Papers are sustained mainly
through their advertising, not by subscrip-
tons; and we are not authorized to trench
upon this department of business of our pub
fishers We are quite willing to let it be
Known that this or that article is in demand
SO that parties having them for sale may adj
vertise them. And the above inquiry is in
sertedto that end.
B.F E., Annana, Texas: Please give a remedy
to cure wart also for poison on a horses leg.
Take arsenic, fifteen grains and lard one
drachm. Mix and rub on around wart once a
week until it drops off. Cannot prescribe for
poison, as we do not know what kind of poison
it is.
E. N. Thompson, Ala; wish lyou would give me
the best method to make Irish potatoes for sale l
have suitable land, near depot; how much fertil-
izers per acre, how applied, how many bushels per
acre and the average price per bushe and best
market Our labor is going to north Alabama to
the coal fields and we must diversity our crops
We have fine stock county, grow grass on strong
lime lands for summer pasture, and plenty Of cane
for winter range and good land and conveninces
for truck farm. Give me all the information you
can.
You are certainly very much blessed in your
locality. With the facilities for stock raising
you have, you can make large amounts of ma
nure, and with plenty of manure you can
grow large crops. Your surplus cattle could
be fattened on cotton seed meal or whole cot
ton seed, the cost Of which would be in a large
measure repaid in increased value of manure
and the money from beef sold approximate
clear profit. In like manner you coud run
dairy at little expense and great proft-selling
the butter and raising pork on the butternnik.
Buttermilk with little corn meal is unsur-